Asia
Bear-hugging bros
Narendra Modi cuddles up to Vladimir Putin in Moscow
India’s prime minister visited amid fresh Russian atrocities in Ukraine
Going nuclear
Demand for uranium is booming. Who is benefiting?
One Central Asian country stands out above the rest
The strange death of liberal arts
Why many young Asians are no longer studying history
One city-state is bucking the regional trend
Banyan
Indians have grown used to getting nice things from politicians
It’s no longer enough to win votes
A new era begins
Japan’s mind-bending bento-box economics
The paradox of red-hot labour markets, falling demand and rising prices
Rebels without much cause
Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
They threaten to make the region’s demographic decline even worse
Beginner’s luck?
Casinos are booming in South-East Asia
Thailand could soon become the latest country to jump on the bandwagon
Gen Z mayor
Takashima Ryosuke is Japan’s youngest ever mayor
At 27 years old, he is bucking the trend of the country’s gerontocratic politics
Banyan
Ancient artistic loot will finally make its way back to Cambodia
On July 3rd the Metropolitan Museum in New York will return artefacts to the country
Left wanting
Narendra Modi needs to win over low-income Indians
They are dissatisfied with their share of the country’s growth
Banyan
The army-backed establishment in Thailand goes after its enemies
Thaksin Shinawatra’s case is just one of many